White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre obtained triggered after Fox Information reporter Peter Doocy requested about Kamala Harris’s awkward lunch with Joe Biden.
Biden and Harris had been seen collectively in public for the primary time because the election on Monday at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery.
Biden and Harris seen collectively for the primary time because the election. pic.twitter.com/vSNOrL1d0G
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 11, 2024
Biden and Harris supposedly had lunch on Tuesday and Peter Doocy trolled Karine Jean-Pierre about it in the course of the press briefing.
Doocy: “And we all know that right this moment, per week after the election, President Biden and Vice President Harris had a non-public lunch. How awkward was that?”
KJP: “I don’t even perceive. Why would — why would it not be awkward?”
Doocy: “As a result of —”
KJP: “Why would it not be awkward?”
Doocy: “— as a result of the President obtained squeezed out for her —”
KJP: “Why would — why would you —”
Doocy: “— after which she saved him at arm’s size, after which she misplaced —”
KJP: “— however why would —”
Doocy: “— and now, she’s again.”
KJP: “— why would you characterize it as awkward? They’ve common lunches. Uh — they meet and discuss repeatedly. Why would —”
Doocy: “So, there’s no —”
KJP: “— you name it awkward?”
Doocy: “— weirdness about the best way that issues have unfolded since July 21?”
KJP: “Did you see them — did you see them collectively yesterday as properly after they honored our veterans and had been collectively — uh — uh — in the course of the day, ensuring that we didn’t neglect the courageous women and men that fought for this nation? Did you see them collectively yesterday? Did you see the — the present of drive collectively? That is — uh —I’m not even gonna take the premise of this — the query. What I’ll say is the President and the Vice President had lunch right this moment. They’ve had lunch many occasions. They’ve — um — they convey with one another repeatedly. That they had a possibility to debate the final 70 days or so of this administration, how essential it’s to get issues carried out for the American individuals, and that’s their focus. That’s genuinely their focus.”
WATCH:
Doocy: “[A]nd we all know that right this moment, per week after the election, President Biden and Vice President Harris had a non-public lunch. How awkward was that?”
KJP: “I do not even perceive. Why would — why would it not be awkward?”
Doocy: “As a result of —”
KJP: “Why would it not be awkward?”
Doocy: “—… pic.twitter.com/j1Hgmgzalb
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 12, 2024
Video and partial transcription courtesy of NewsBusters.